TEAMS.
ON PURPOSE
HAVE A CLEAR & ALIGNED PURPOSE.
RESOLVE THE ROADBLOCKS ON YOUR PATH.
LESS EGO. MORE LEARNING. MORE ENERGY.
So you can focus on what matters, constructively navigate any situation & create your meaningful ripple effects
on purpose.
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FREE.
able to be themselves &
do what and go where
they feel is right.
SAFE.
without fear, dishonesty, exploitation, or violence,
but in a space of trust.
CONNECTED.
collaborating based on shared values, learning faster together.
PURPOSEFUL.
know your role & use your potential for a meaningful goal, beyond yourself.
WHY IT MATTERS.
In theory, companies are ideal places to provide all 4.
Unfortunately, 70% of all companies are leaning towards the opposite. (64% Gallup 2020; 70% Instant Print study 2021.)
Workplaces where people feel limited, stuck, stressed, demotivated, drained, unsafe, isolated, misunderstood, meaningless and bored. Inside those companies there is no enthusiasm, an intense fear of failure, gossip, focus on egocentric wins, constant dysfunction & drama, and a high turnover (the good people leave first).
Toxic Cultures are the #1 driver for the 'Great Resignation', as well as for founders to leave their own company.
It’s such a waste.
Waste of potential, time, energy, resources, and impact that could have happened.
Let’s reimagine what work & organizations could look like.
Could feel like.
Company Culture is always a reflection of its leadership, past or present. In toxic cultures, people act from a place of fear, and disconnection (ego). In thriving people act from love, and interdependence (purpose).
My mission is to guide teams to untie the knots so they can be in flow and create massive waves of impact, while continuously developing themselves and working in a healthy, energizing environment.
We can shift toxic patterns & roadblocks.
Without blame, because the road to toxic cultures (hell) is paved with good intentions.
Because when we realise we are all part of the problem, we are all part of the solution.
We believe most people are good. They can just be stuck sometimes in an ego mode (old habits, stories & beliefs) or a clusterfuck of outdated systems, regulations and misunderstandings. And it can be turned around.
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COMPANY CULTURES CAN BE CHANGED.
ONE TEAM AT A TIME.
UNTIE THE KNOT.
The solution? For teams to be on purpose, we need to invest time.
Dedicated, undisturbed time for truthful, constructive, and inspiring dialogues. Time to reflect on the difficult questions, and how to resolve whatever is holding you back.
This is a game-changing combination of my most impactful workshops for teams:
A 5.DAYS TEAM SPRINT TO "UNTIE THE KNOT"
This is your invitation to invest 5 days with your team. One fully dedicated week to create a safe space, to be honest, to get clear your purpose, and to better understand each other, and your environment.
To practice dialogue techniques to empower each other and resolve issues intelligently and effectively.
Slow down, to speed up.
It's worth it on so many levels.
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IT MAKES SENSE TO INVEST AT LEAST AS MUCH TIME IN GETTING A TEAM ON PURPOSE, AS IN FINDING GOLDEN IDEAS.
THE IMPACT.
The 5-day sprint will empower the team to achieve business goals more effectively because:
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Clear goals prevent wasting time on non-priorities, doubting & going in circles.
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A shared purpose, aligned with a personal purpose increases drive & commitment.
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Being aware of our ego modes and practising truthful dialogues prevents conflict & misunderstandings.
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Removing cultural roadblocks increases efficiency & decreases frustration.
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Embodying a learning culture, with feedback loops & problem-solving techniques enables the team to solve any challenge within their influence.
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A personal development roadmap connected to overcoming your ego-modes & being your best self at work, and increases effectiveness, loyalty, and well-being.
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Systematically supporting each other on their roadmap & patterns to unlearn, increases the team's understanding, trust & connection.
In short,
Less fear, means less ego, means more truthful conversations,
means better decisions, means more impact in less time.
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Expert in the field of leadership & team development, company-wide cultural transformations and implementing new ways of working & coaching innovation teams.
My background in Organizational Psychology (Ma), and Organizational Culture & Sciences (Ma) makes me aware of the subtle nuances of human behaviour.
From working with 400+ teams in the past decade, I know how important it is to have a winning team to make any idea work. And I have learned how to set the right conditions to create winning teams. Specialised for a C-level, senior or junior team.
I am known to create safe spaces, where people can have truthful conversations. I guide team dialogues to make complex problems simple (break them down & understand them at the core) and to find practical solutions on the spot.
I get excited when a team takes ownership and feels confident & capable that they can overcome any challenge together. That energy makes a team unstoppable.
MATT NELISSEN.
Matt (73) has been coaching founders, scale ups, and management teams for the past 45 years. He is also a certified breathwork coach and practitioner for the past 10 years, guiding people to heal old traumas stored in the body that limit their full potential.
He is an engineer by degree, and a learner at heart. He has guided many large companies through cultural transformations, always putting the people at the heart of change. In those 40 years he experienced more & more that "It's not about changing minds, it's about changing hearts". He is fascinated by why some companies are buzzing of energy & innovation, and others are filled with apathy or even toxicity. In his view, making room for passion is key.
And it's not only our environment that can limit this passion, or freedom of expression, it's also within ourselves. Breathwork has been an approach for him to free himself of old rigid beliefs that kept him stuck, fearful or doubting himself. It's been a lifetime journey from not breathing when he was born, to allowing himself to breathe, to take up space, to follow his heart.
His energy is calm, open, and focused. He is known to create safe spaces for open dialogues. Matt has been rowing at a world-class level for the past 55 years and started Karate at 56, and now has a black belt & 4th dan degree. He is a living example of never being too old to learn, or pursuing your passion.
THE 5.DAY TEAM SPRINT.
Also possible to do partly during an offsite, or less days.
NOW.
connect with how you feel. Be honest & open. Clear the air.
FUTURE.
dare to dream bigger. Use your intuition to anticipate rapid change.
RESOLVE.
free the daily work from repetitive frustrations, delays, ineffciences, and toxic ways of interacting.
EVOLVE.
through constructive feedback you can grow as individuals & as a team.
DESIGN.
ways of working based on values & priorities, and to ensure highest efficicency
& wellbeing of the team.
KEY DELIVERABLES.
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a clearly defined & aligned purpose
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a bold yet practical future vision, with ambitions to focus on
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mapped all bottlenecks & resolved 3+ within the sprint week
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an embedded 360 feedback system
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a filled-in personal roadmap, with a buddy system
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improved trust, communication & confidence to achieve goals smoothly.
HOW WE COLLABORATE.
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Together we design a customised program built up out of the modules relevant for your team.
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The 5-day sprint (1 work week) is in person to ensure connection, quality & impact.
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It is facilitated by me, and I also provide an outside-in perspective on the content
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The sprint days are from 10.00-16.30h (that way we leave 1 hour before & after the workshops for the team to do some of their important day-to-day work)
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Beforehand & afterwards our Team KPI's are measured via a survey to track the impact.
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2 self-assessments that need to be completed one week before.
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2-hour preparation session with the team the week before.
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2x a 1-hour session for aftercare. (1 week & 1 month after the sprint week)
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The deliverables are delivered by the end of the sprint week.
Optionally:
Add a designer to visualise the outcomes of Days 1, 2 & 3.
Add an industry expert or strategist for Day 2, Future Vision day.
Team members can schedule 1-1 sessions with Carlijn to dive deeper
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THE 10 MODULES.
#1
HOW DO YOU FEEL
NOW.
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WHY IT MATTERS.
Before jumping into future visions, assessing the status quo is the best place to start.
It's easy to get lost in your head. Too rational. Disconnected from yourself & others.
Or to be too busy to pause & reflect on how you feel, or to share openly how we feel about ourselves and where we are as a team.
SETUP.
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Create a safe space to share in an open, truthful way.
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Reflect on how you feel personally. What is important for the team to know?
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Reflect on where you are right now as a team. How do you feel about that?
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Reflect on where you are heading as a team. How does that make you feel?
OUTCOME.
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Team members feel more relieved, heard & understood.
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Old judgements or misunderstandings have been cleared.
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Trust is increased, and feeling open & free of shame or guilt is key in order to be creative, intuitive, and authentic. And thus, the ability to solve problems wisely.
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#2
FUEL
YOUR PURPOSE.
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WHY IT MATTERS.
Without fuel, even the best car doesn't get anywhere. This is more than just setting a goal and assessing the resources needed to get there. You need a shared vision, a role, with an urgency to fulfil, to solve a problem you deeply care about. That drives you intrinsically. It is the core question that any business and team should ask themselves: "why are we here?"
SETUP.
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What does our landscape look like right now? How is the emerging future unfolding?
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How can we anticipate this emerging future? How do we serve society and nature? What is our added value? Why does it matter?
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How does this company serve us individually and as a team?
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What is a problem you deeply care about and have the skills, network etc to solve?
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What dream do you have in your heart, in terms of what do you want to learn, earn, impact & how do you want to work?
OUTCOME.
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This workshop helps to clarify a practical purpose, that gives guidance to define priorities, goals, and values on how to get there. And to remove or adjust the parts that don't add value, but actually just noise. To come back to the core, and work with excitement on what truly matters.
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#3
ENVISION THE FUTURE.
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WHY IT MATTERS.
To ensure focus & relevance it is crucial to imagine & clarify the future vision. The big question here is "where are we going?".
SETUP.
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What does our landscape look like right now? How is the emerging future unfolding?
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How can we anticipate this emerging future? How do we serve society and nature?
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What is our added value? Why does it matter?
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What are the core ambitions we want to realise in the next 3 years?
OUTCOME.
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a shared, concrete vision of the future with 1 to 5 measurable ambitions.
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#4
MAP
ROAD
BLOCKS.
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WHY IT MATTERS.
Nothing kills motivation faster than daily bottlenecks. Whether it is in the way you interact with each other, the processes you use, or the legal framework you have to move within. e it is The big question here is "what is in our way? or holding us back?".
SETUP.
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Identify cultural, systemic, legal bottlenecks: All the "ugghh" during a day? (99 problems)
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Where are energy leaks? (waste of mind space, time, money, effort, motivation etc.)
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Categorize & rank them.
OUTCOME.
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The realisation that we are all part of the problem & thus part of the solution.
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Clarity and honesty on which bottlenecks are in the way of achieving your goals
- Understanding the cause of the problem at the core, the base for good solutions.
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#5
SOLVE
IT AT THE CORE.
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WHY IT MATTERS.
The ability of a team to resolve challenges in fast & smart ways, is a key indicator for the success of team. Because challenges will always come, and when you know you can handle any challenge together, learn fast, and turn it into opportunities, its unbeatable.
SETUP.
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Categorize, rank & pick bottlenecks to solve on the spot (within & out of influence)
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Practice super simple & effective problem-solving & dialogue techniques to resolve big issues within minutes.
OUTCOME.
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The realisation that we are all part of the problem & thus part of the solution.
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Taking responsibility for your own shit on the one hand, and not interfering in other people’s shit on the other hand. Create a healthy level of interdependence.
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Learned techniques to resolve issues quickly and untie the knot in a constructive way.
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Increased trust within the team. At least 3 cultural bottleneck resolved.
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#6
EGO
MODES.
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WHY IT MATTERS.
We bring our whole selves to work whether we want to or not. Our dreams, our fears. Our higher self, and our inner child. And we can have a distorted way of viewing the world, based on old stories of our past. It leads to pleasing, proving to, hiding for, or ignoring others. We call these ego-modes. And it highly affects the way we collaborate & are able to connect. The big question here is: "How am I in my own way?".
SETUP.
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Gain a basic understanding of human behaviours & how beliefs are shaped.
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Identify your own ego modes & how it gets in your way in daily interactions & choices.
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Understand how that leads to toxic patterns at work (misunderstandings, conflicts, etc.)
OUTCOME.
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Understanding why you are wired the way you are and realising that it is not static. You can decide how you react to a trigger. You are not the victim of your own life. You can practice awareness, to let go of or soften your ego modes to prevent toxic patterns within the team.
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#7
FEEDBACK TO EVOLVE.
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WHY IT MATTERS.
Working in a team creates an incredible opportunity for exponential personal growth. Having multiple mirrors around you who can shed light on your blind spots. Team who have mastered this as a skill, and embedded in to their monthly rituals, learn faster than everyone else, and achieve both their personal & business goals at a rapid pace. : "How can I grow?".
SETUP.
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Create a safe space to prepare for the 360 feedback
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Identify what you should keep doing / stop doing/start doing
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Other team members share what you should KEEP/STOP/ START
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Hands-on practicing of simple & super effective feedback and dialogue techniques.
OUTCOME.
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Letting go of the belief that you have to be perfect. Accept that it is more powerful to LEARN than to KNOW. See you team members not as competition, but as mirrors to exponentially grow as a person. Practice honest, kind conversation. Build trust within the team. Set a continuous feedback rhythm. And get input for their own personal development roadmap”
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#8
HAVE
TOUGH CONVERSATIONS.
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WHY IT MATTERS.
What do you do when things don't go as expected, or someone acts out of alignment with company values? These are not easy conversations, yet very important to have in order to resolve the issue and create alignment in future action: "How can I tell you this?".
SETUP.
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Identify different types of tough conversations you can have.
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Practice role play to have these conversations in a compassionate & constructive way.
OUTCOME.
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Feel confident to handle any situations consciously & constructively.
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#9
PLAN YOUR PERSONAL ROAD MAP.
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WHY IT MATTERS.
To achieve goals effectively, it's crucial to have specific, measurable goals, as well as trackable daily, weekly, monthly actions in order to make it happen. "What will be my focus?"
SETUP.
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Fill in the personal development roadmap of On Purpose
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Challenge to make it bold, realistic & practical & measurable
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Make it applicable: yearly goals, quarterly actions
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Pitch your roadmap to the team. Receive clarifying questions.
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Set up a buddy system & evaluation rhythms to follow up.
OUTCOME.
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Compile input for their personal development into one clear, realistic,
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bold (stretching), yet measurable roadmap. Systemized personal
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development & team support, and embedded rhythm for reflection. More focus & growth exponentially increases.
OPTIONALLY.
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Add self-assessments to do individually prior to the workshops to clarify your limiting beliefs, purpose, future self, and assessment of current habits, choices & energy.
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#10
DESIGN
THE WAY OF WORK
ING.
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WHY IT MATTERS.
To work smoothly and smartly, it's valuable to design the way or working upfront. What has priority? On which principles do we make decisions? "How do we collaborate?"
SETUP.
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Design the rhythm & form of assessing & setting goals
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Design the rhythm for feedback & reflection.
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Design when, how, where and about what you communicate with each other.
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Design productivity blocks to have undisturbed time to work alone.
OUTCOME.
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Embedded way to track goals & personal development. Enables to shift when necessary.
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Save time, less meetings, less e-mails, less working on projects that don't matter.
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More time & energy to work on what matters & achieve goals faster, less tired.
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